Check-holder for automobile-drivers.



D. JOSEPH. CHECK HOLDER EOE AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS.

APPLICATON FILED' OCT. 23, 1913.

` Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

/NVENTH WITNESSES fnd@ . ATTORNEYS UNTED` STATES PATENT DFFICE.

DANIEL JOSEiI-I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHECK-HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILE-DRIVERS.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented oet. e, 1914.

Application filed October 23, 1913. Serial No. 796,842. i

` tendant to give to drivers of automobiles orother vehicles, and to the occupants thereof, Iiuinber checks when the occupants leave the vehicle to enter the theater, hotel or department store, which checks are used to enable the attendant to call the proper automobiles for the patrons when the latter are ready to leave. The drivers often lose the checks or misplace them so that great inconvenience and annoyance results, as heretofore no means has been provided to hold the number checks, it being the usual practice to give the drivers check into the drivers hands.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a drivers check holder which is mounted on the automobile at a suitable po sition, as,` for instance, the dashboard, so

that the attendant at the hotel, theater or department store can deposit the drivers check into the holder, Where it is always in view, and as it is not given into the possession of the driver there is no danger of its being lost." Vhen the driver is signaled to return and tak'e away the patron having the corresponding number check, the holder may then be opened by either the attendant or the driver. The check drops out and is then annulled.

Specifically the objects of the present invention are to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive holder which can be readily attached to automobiles, and em'- bodies a weather-proof casing which is glazed at the front and rear so that the number checks will be readily exposed, there being a light arranged, adjacent the holder so as to illuminate the check therein at night. lThe check holder is so designed as to be readily attached to either vside of the dashboard as will be found most convenient.

Vith such objects in view and others which will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particu.

larity in the following description and claims appended hereto. y

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment ofthe invention, and wherein' similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure l is a perspective view showing the attachment applied to a dashboard; Fig. 2 1s a plan view, partially in section, showing the manner of mounting the ticket holder and lamp on the supportingarm; Fig. 3 i's a fragmentary view of the outer end of the `supporting arm.; and Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views of the check holder taken at right-angles .to each other.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the dashboard ofan automobile or other vehicle en which the drivers check holder attachment B is mounted, but it is to be understood that the attachment can ybe arranged on any other suitable part of the vehicle. The attachment comprises a bracket 1 of any suitable construction that carries the supporting arm 2 ywhich may befof any desired construction, such arm being L- shaped and having a vertical member 3 journaled in lugs 4 on the bracket l. By means of this manner of connecting the supporting arm of the bracket the attachment can be mounted on the right or left hand end of the dashboard with equal facility.

The check holder, which is carried on the outer end of the supporting arm 2, is a rectangular casing 5 of any suitable construction having its front and rear sides open but covered with glass, Celluloid or `other .transparent plates 6, so that Whenever a drivers check is containedin the holder it can be readily seen. The top of the casing 5 has a slot 7 through which the check is deposited, and a hinged cover 8 normally closes the slot so as to protect the check from the weather. A." the bottom of the casing is a trap door 9 hinged to swing on a shaft or pivot 10,'there being a spring l1 on this shaft which has an arm 12 disposed under the door 9 so as to yieldingly Ahold the latter raised or in closed position. On the outer end of the door is a knob or lingerhold which is engaged to press the door downwardly to open position against the tension of the spring, whereby the check will drop out from the casing. The ticket holder may be attached to the arm 2 in any suitable manner, as, for instance, by being formed with a i-mtnnted i .ment of'fthe lamp, as

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. looscmng such laterally-projecting lug 13 which extends into the' outer end of the tubular larm 2, such outer end being provided with a clamping ring 14CV which screws in place and clamps 'the parts together, as the outer end of the arm 2 may be split, as shown inFig. 3,to for-m clamping jaws .15. In order t enable the .check to be easily vseen by night an illuminating .device is provided, the same consisting of an electric lamp 16 which is the outer end of the arm 2, and on this .stem

l"f1-7 is a shade 18 so that the lightof the lamp purpose the inner end of the stem or bracket i7 is inthe form- 'of a ring 21 which is clamped .to the arm 2 in any suitable manner, as for instance,

screw the lamp-carrying bracket or support can be' shifted so as to 'light the side of thek check holder which is presented to the driver. -VAfter the attach- A' ment is once fastened lto'one end of the dashboard it is notnecessary to shift the adjust, it is intendedV always tol remain at the side of the check holder which-is seen by the driver. j f

-Frpm theforegoing description taken in connection with the ccompanying drawings, the'i'adva'ntag'es of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those'skilled in the art-to which the invention appertains, and whileI have deon a stem 17 whichis carried by prising an arm,

through the arm and out' thereof and lead to a suitcarried by the vehicle. p

tioned arm and mounted on the-arm 2in such aA manneras to turn through 180, and for this by a set-screw 22. By'

of the dash, and means scribed the principle of operation, together withvthe device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

p Having thus described my invention, I claim as new' and desire to secure by-Letters Patent:

1i A drivers Vcheck holding device coma ticket, receptacle (thereon, and a lamp-'carrying arm carried -by the first-mentioned' arm and movable thereon for adjustment to either side of the said receptacle, said receptacle being transparent on both sides.

2. A drivers check holding device .com-

prising an arm, a ticket receptacle'thereon, a lamp-carrying arm carried by the 'first-menmovable thereon Jfor adjustment to either side of the' said receptacle, said receptacle being transparent on vboth sides, said arms being hollow, 'electric conductors passing therethrough, and a lamp on` the second-mentioned arm. l

3. The combination of a vehicle dash, a bracket thereon, an arm. mounted on the bracket and extending beyond one of the side edges of the dash, a ticket-holding receptacle von the' outer end of the arm and being transf parent on both sides', said. receptacle being disposed at a point outwardly from' the side on the arm and eX- terior to the receptacle to illuminate the latter. y 'p In testimony. whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the' presenceof two. subscribing witnesses. l DANIEL JOSEPH.

f vp. Witnesses:

CHATTEN BRADWAY, PHILIP D. Ro'nLHAUs. 

